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I'M HOPELESS, because I've lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen. I'm not surprised and at some point my little children are going to inherit the weight of being a minority and all that it entails.

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Benjamin Watson
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: December 18
American Football Player
American Football Tight End
Norfolk
Virginia
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